Saturday, March 24, 2007

Ante up, buster

At last he sold this old jalopy to an antique collector forone thousand RM.

This piece of scrap has been taking up space right acrossfrom my main gate for years.Then thismorning at about the darkest hour before dawn someone drove his car into theheadlamp and pushed the whole heap of junk back 2 meters.The noise jolted me from my dreams and Iheard the sound of a Nissan engine driving off after a slight hesitation.He opined that the driver could have beendrunk.Talk about a rude awakening.

He called the buyer and told him.That cost him a reduction of RM100.

But I guess some folks don’t care much.The space in front of their main gate happensto be a vulnerable spot.This was the 3rdtime someone drove their vehicle into one of their cars.The first one happened some years ago whenthey first moved in.A new driver tookthe corner that turned into our lane a little too fast, veered to the oppositeside and grated both doors of one of their Iswara sedans.The young driver’s parents paid for thedamage.

A year ago one of my kids reversed our hatchback smack rightinto the same sedan’s front door and fender.It blew a 200 buck hole in my wallet after the repairs and paint job.Fortunately our rear bumper was made of toughmaterial.I only needed to scrape offthe other car’s paint from a corner that made contact.

So they probably think someone else being always at fault,it doesn’t matter.But fate seems to havecaught up with them.